Pocket Oxford American Thesaurus, 2e

ISBN-13: 9780195301694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 992 str.

Oxford University Press

Opis

This new edition (replacing the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English) packs an extraordinary amount of information in a package that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. It includes more than 15,000 main entries and over 350,000 synonyms; sample sentences or phrases for virtually every sense; Synonym Studies that show the subtle differences in meaning among a group of easily confused synonyms; and the Oxford exclusive Language Guide, with information about grammar, usage, punctuation, frequently misspelled words, and much more. Features

Recenzje

The words for this 'pocket' thesaurus were pulled from Oxford's English Corpus, a unique electronic database that makes it possible to see exactly how English is developing. It allows Oxford University Press to create up-to-date resources that reflect how the English language is evolving, making them the most accurate language tools available. This thesaurus is ideal for individual use but would also be useful in school media centers and small libraries needing a basic and current thesaurus.